Improvement in water-wheels



"erniedgaat geteilt @with It. W. TRUDE, OF .GLEARFIELD BRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA.A

Letters Patent No. `98,319, dated December 28, 1869 IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parte! the lsame.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known um I, a. W. Taupe, f creamed Bridge, in the county of Cleariield,and State' of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new and improved Water \Vheel; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved. water-wheel,l

the gate being open.

Figure 2 isa vertical section of the same, taken through the line x :'u, fig..l.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of' the same, taken through the line y y, g. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish animproved water-wheel, simple in construction, effect-ive in operation, and which will not he impeded in its operation by back-water; and

It consists in the water-wheel constructed 'as hereinafter more fully described.

The ends of the wheel Aare made with circular flanges around their circumferences, which overlap the sides of the casing D.

. The upper part of the -casing, which forms the l throat, through which the water passes to the buckets, is made incline or concaved, as sho'wu iu g. 2, to so guide the entering water that it may' strike the buckets of the wheel in the proper direction, to best utilize its power. p

'E is the. gate, which is pivoted at the centre of its ends to the upper part of the casing I), as shown in gs. 1 and 2.

To one end of the wheel-shaft B is attached a gearwheel, F, from which motion is communicated to the uliachiuery to be driven.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new. and desire to secure by -Letters Patent- 1. The double wheel C, provided with vents or open` ings, for the escape ofthe wat-er aroundthe shaft B, vand constructed substantially as herein shown and' described, in combination with the casing D, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the wheel C, casing D, and gate E, with each other, said parts being'constructed and operating substantially as herein shown and describedLand for the purpose set forth. c

It. ,W. IRUDEA Witnesses WM. A. Ruso, J. F. MULLEN. 

